Official Meetings

Awkward didn't begin to cover the atmosphere.

The tension was so thick it made the distance between the two CEOs seated across one another on the long table seem wider. Stronger. 

Jade Kimberley Raymonds had walked into the resort lounge at exactly a minute to the designated time, and had Ricky not been completely pissed at her, he would have perhaps felt admiration for her ability to keep to time.

But that wasn't a luxury he could afford, or so he told himself. He had waited in the lounge five minutes to the time he had given her, flexing his fingers continuously and preparing himself for the awkward meeting he would have with her. He was fucking pissed at her, but he struggled with another emotion which he hated at the moment.

Despite the harsh words they had exchanged, he hated to admit to himself that he had missed her. Hell, he had tossed in bed the night before, unable to sleep for hours. He hadn't had the will to get any work done, since it ha